Browsing: Pennsylvania State News

HARRISBURG, June 24 – State Rep. Mike Schlossberg offered the following statement in response to today’s ruling regarding abortion by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The exact language of the deal is still being written, and, if finalized, it would need approval from lawmakers in both chambers as well as Gov. Tom Wolf.

Harrisburg, PA – Following the approval of two vaccines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Health says vaccine providers across the state are prepared to begin providing COVID-19 vaccinations for children six months and older beginning early next week.

HARRISBURG – The Senate approved legislation today expanding pension benefits for law enforcement officers who want to buy back prior police service, Sen. Mike Regan (R-Cumberland/York) announced.

The state House Judiciary Committee sent four bills, including a proposed ban on assault weapons, to the chamber’s Local Government Committee, which brings them no closer to becoming law.

Harrisburg, PA — Governor Tom Wolf today signed into law legislation that improves nursing license requirements to support trained individuals who want to enter the nursing profession in Pennsylvania. 

In a statement on his Facebook page Wednesday, State Rep. Russ Diamond announced he was diagnosed with “a treatable form of prostate cancer.”

HARRISBURG – Continuing to lead the way on regulatory reform and getting government out of the way, House Republicans on Tuesday highlighted their latest effort to cut red tape in the form of a package of bills that would empower local governments to better maintain their creeks and streams to protect lives and livelihoods from flooding. 

(Harrisburg, Pa.) — American Promise, a national citizen advocacy organization, today unveiled its report, “Uncommon Wealth: Outside Spending and Influence in the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate Election” – a comprehensive review of the untoward influence of money in Pennsylvania’s most recent senatorial primary elections.

Federal officials want the money to benefit publicly-owned networks, but Pa. law gives phone companies a “virtual veto.”